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I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

Colin Powell

Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
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Action Condition Destiny Energy Fulfillment Health Organism
What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
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Generation Important Need Success
Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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Clothes Himself Organization Rebel Tolerance
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Advice Counseling Fear Voice Yourself
Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Advantage Afraid Challenge
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself
I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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Attitude Leadership Role Thinking Win
We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep us together to make this a better country – to reach down and back to touch every young person in need!
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Country Division Ourselves Person Rejoice Togetherness
Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
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Accomplishment Latest Management Mission Team
You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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Spirit Tragedy Yourself
We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible.
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Art Leadership Management Possible Science
If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.
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Depression Fall Intensity Leadership Passion Start Yourself
Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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Failure People Success
Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Care Choice Yourself
The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Bond Essence Leadership Organization Trust Yourself
I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.
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Difficult Encouragement Myself Policy
Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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Opportunity Optimistic Yourself
Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don’t mean necessarily “buddy-buddy”, just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they’re with you.
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Happiness Kindness Necessary People Treat Worth Yourself
You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try Yourself
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Curiosity Goodness Leadership People
First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do the job. Third, you reward them: You give them medals or bonuses.
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Accomplishment Follow Job Medal Reward Tools Training Yourself
There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth
None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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Change Future Inspirational Ourselves Past

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